Long before a Transformers movie turned Michigan avenue into a cinematic scene of devastation, William Yale Wilson was providing movie and television show production resources so Hollywood producers could use Chicago as a backdrop.

"In the early 1980s, Yale was one of the few production outfitters working in the beginning of Chicago's modern involvement in film production," said Rich Moskal, director of the Chicago Film Offic ... Displaying 750 of 4342 characters.

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